Jah's Weekly Top 40

Breeders finally take the top spot from Mogwai to bag Kim Deal her first number one on this chart in over twenty years: lots of other climbers within the Top Ten, not least Eno & Shields's magnum opus (#5, +15). The week's best performance, however, is that of the curious Mr Ben & The Bens (#21, +17), with Other Creatures (#11, +10), Django Django (#17, +14) and Aldous Harding (#22, +11) all breaking that ten-place barrier. What would appear to be the final release from Kendal's Wild Beasts is the week's highest new entry (#19), with six other new tunes making the cut. Those 'birthday' stats:

With the Breeders staving off all others at the top, the biggest climb goes to London electronic duo Mount Kimbie (#23, +17), with decent moves also recorded for Amp Fiddler (#20, +13), Grizzly Bear (#22, +13), Princess Nokia (#26, +12) and MGMT (#29, +10). Balloons Kill Babies (great band, awful name) follow their recent number one with the week's highest new entry (#18). So it goes...

With Brian, Kevin, Charlotte, Mr Ben and the Babies some distance behind them, Breeders rack up a third week at the top - and graduation to 6Music's a-list, to boot. Eight newcomers find themselves ushered in by Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts (#25), who follow up their number one from earlier in the year: other new entrants with former chart-toppers include Everything Everything (#26) and She Drew The Gun (#33) - however, in the case of the former, theirs came more than eight years ago... Yorkshire's finest Drahla halve their score for the week's biggest climber (#19). Allez-vous en...

YES YES YES26 NE 26 01 Night of the Long Knives – Everything Everything - a big fan ever since i heard for the first time Suffragette Suffragette almost ten years ago on (sadly shortlived) NME Radio29 NE 29 01 Promissory Note – Downtown Boys - a great new discovery to me, thanks

Breeders see their way into December still at number one, with Drahla nonetheless looking strongly-poised to dethrone them: the latter have the biggest climb for the second consecutive week (#3, +16), sharing that honour this time with Golden Teacher (#16, +16). Other significant ascents can be seen for Mount Kimbie (#6, +11), Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts (#10, +15), the slow-burning MGMT (#11, +11), Downtown Boys (#18, +11) and Soulwax (#24, +11). Having stiffed at #48 with their last disappointing effort, The Horrors claim this week's highest of six new entries, returning with the Mighty Lemon Drops-esque Press Enter to Exit (#27). Here's the SP:

Drahla take pole position, sending Kim Deal and co careering into fourth place behind the seemingly implacable Eno & Shields and the momentum-gathering Mount Kimbie. The Horrors' return to form sees them blag the week's best move (#12, +15), with Courtney & Kurt (#16, +14), The Juan Maclean (#23, +14) and Rapsody and her pals (#26, +10) also enjoying a good week. Just the three new cuts ahead of the run-up to Christmas finally sees a return for Amber Arcades who follows her chart-topping It Changes with the altogether-gentler Wouldn't Even Know (#34). The skinny:

Will Drahla claim the Christmas number one? This week they find themselves under pressure from four climbers, as Eno & Shields drop out of the running. Among the four newcomers are three stalwarts of alternative music in the shape of Barry Adamson (#25) and Steve Mason, with his latest project Alien Stadium - also featuring ex-Felt and Primal Scream-er Martin Duffy - anchoring the chart (#40). Amber Arcades claims the week's biggest climber (#20, +14), with Superfood also busting the ten-place barrier (#23). Those stats:

Just a cigarette paper separates the top two, with Golden Teacher edging the Christmas number one position from previous titans, Drahla. Nine newcomers cause significant upheaval to the chart, with Ghostpoet still looking to add to his two previous chart-toppers (#14) and a couple of punked-up tunes finally making the cut in the shape of Lower Slaughter (#33) and Pulled Apart By Horses (#38). Barry Adamson claims the week's fastest mover (#7, +18), with Goat Girl (#15, +16) and Alien Stadium (#28, +12) also making decent headway. All that remains is to wish all fellow UKMixers a fine and peaceful Yuletide. See you on the other side...

No change in the Top Three as the year draws to a close, as the twin spirits once again lead the way. Few tunes make notable jumps. with only Amber Arcades crowning a good 2017 by busting ten places (#8). Three new songs are headed by N*E*R*D (#21), with Shame almost crashing into their last hit (#35) and a first showing in some while for Foo Fighters (#38). The year-end survey will arrive sometime next week - in the meantime, a very happy and prosperous 2018 to all UKMix contributors...

The year-end survey reflects - as expected - the triumphant return of Mogwai, who place three of the top fourteen tunes: Glasgow's finest were also the only act to score two chart-toppers during 2017. For the second year in succession, Agnes Obel has to make do with runners-up spot, this time for the final single from 2016's Citizen of Glass album. Agnes also features at #22, while other acts to score more than one entry are DJ Shadow (#10; #44); Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts (#13, #60); alt-J (#15, #56); This Is The Kit (#18, #29); Grandaddy (#19, #58) and Run The Jewels (#21, #33). The first new chart of 2018 will appear tomorrow.

Barry Adamson vaults into the top slot in the first chart of 2018, which nonetheless sees former summit-holder Drahla hold onto the runner-up position for a third week. The uncompromising Lower Slaughter bag the biggest climb with an impressive leap into contention (#6, +21): Joan As Police Woman (#11, +15), Pulled Apart By Horses (#15, +14) and Shame (#24, +11) also enjoy noteworthy upward motion. Five new entries are led by the excellent Pip Blom (#26), here to remind our youngsters where they should be this week. (Or maybe next week.) The SP as follows: